Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Jan 16, 1991, Copenhagen...
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on January 16, 1991 near Copenhagen-Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of a turbine...
- Date: January 16, 1991
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Copenhagen-Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of a turbine assembly retention guide vane in the right engine reduced hydraulic pressure, which prevented the nose gear from extending. ASN also cites a sluggish nose gear uplock as contributing.
A Muk Air Swearingen Metro II on a positioning flight lost its right engine during a night approach to Copenhagen-Kastrup. The nose gear would not extend despite recycling attempts, and the crew continued and landed on the nose before rolling to rest on the runway. Both pilots escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.